The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/17 include crowdsourcing the Boston bombings investigation with Reddit and 4Chan, social media’s role in news (when news outlets get the news wrong), another celebrity SWATting, Anonymous hacktivists take on Westboro Baptist Church (and their next move), DDoS and botnets on steroids, a high profile billionaire’s cyberbullying lawsuit, court declines to rule in Wikileaks complaint, the Girl Scouts get a game development badge, and a sneak peek at Star Trek the video game.

‘A military appeals court on Wednesday declined to rule on a lawsuit seeking greater access for journalists to court filings and proceedings in the criminal case against Pfc. Bradley Manning,’ citing lack of jurisdiction.